Carey Group Celebrates 30 Years Including Self-Storage, Wine Storage

The Carey Group Inc. of Santa Barbara, Calif., is celebrating 30 years in business. A company that started as a small, boutique architectural firm has grown to offer architectural services, construction, real estate development, self-storage and, most recently, wine storage. Owner Trudi Carey has been joined in the business by her two sons, Sam, who heads up the company’s marketing department, and Nathan, construction manager.

The firm averages 15 to 20 employees. Self-storage director Jane Jewell has been with Carey for more than 10 years. The company branched into the storage industry with the construction of All Store Self Storage in Buellton in 1996. Carey continued to manage that property, and later built two more self-storage facilities in Santa Barbara: Patterson Allstore and Patterson Plus.

The company continues to grow as it ventures into wine storage. Its Santa Barbara Cellars have been referred to as “over the top” by reviewers.